Sports Quiz – March 21, 2025

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Questions

1.  What two NHL teams combined for 18 major penalties for fighting and 144 total penalty minutes in a March 1997 game dubbed “Fight Night at the Joe”?
2. Outfielder Bake McBride won National League Rookie of the Year honors in 1974 playing for what Major League Baseball team?
3. Gymnast George Nissen invented what piece of sports equipment in the 1930s?
4. What boxer died 10 days after being knocked out by Emile Griffith in the 12th round of their welterweight championship bout in March 1962?
5. Name the World Golf Hall of Famer from South Africa who won the U.S. Open in 2001 and 2004.
6. The Helvetic Mercenaries, Nordic Storm, Madrid Bravos and Panthers Wroclaw are among the teams in what European-based American football league that played its inaugural season in 2021?
7. Tight end Pete Metzelaars played in four Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills but didn’t earn a championship ring until he was on the coaching staff of what team?

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1. The Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings.
2. The St. Louis Cardinals.
3. The modern trampoline.
4. Benny Paret.
5. Retief Goosen.
6. The European League of Football (ELF).
7. The Indianapolis Colts, Super Bowl XLI champions.

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